Lengthening the polymer solidification time to improve the performance of polymer/ZnO nanorod hybrid solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1608-1612

  Chou, Chen Yu ^a   Huang, Jing Shun ^a   Wu, Chung Hao ^a   Lee, Chun Yu ^a   Lin, Ching Fuh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

400 nm active layer; Hybrid solar cells; Polymer; Slow drying; ZnO nanorod

Indexed keywords

400 NM ACTIVE LAYER; CHARGE TRANSPORT; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; FILL FACTOR; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; LIGHT-HARVESTING; ORDERED POLYMERS; PHOTOACTIVE LAYERS; POLYMER CHAINS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SELF-ORGANIZE; SELF-ORGANIZED; SLOW DRYING; SOLIDIFICATION TIME; ZNO NANOROD; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

CELL MEMBRANES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEWATERING; NANORODS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLIDIFICATION; ZINC OXIDE;

POLYMERS;

EID: 67649392274     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.04.016     Document Type: Article

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